), issued a letter that encourages the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider feedback from the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) and similar organizations as it implements changes to the nation’s organ donation system. These efforts have helped increase donation opportunities while maintaining the dignity and respect every donor and family deserves. These factors mean our donor populations are often more medically complex, which directly affects donor eligibility, organ quality, and transplant center utilization. Around 150 to 180 organ transplants are performed in Mississippi annually, the majority of which are kidney transplants. The University of Mississippi Medical Center is the state’s main transplant center.